Mechanical movement



Feb. 12,1946. 5. J. FINN MECHANICAL MOVEMENT Filed July 5, 1944 Invenfor Patented Feb. 12, 1946 I UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE QMECHANICAL MOVEMENT Sidney Cl. finmBeverly, Mass, 'assignor t-o United "Shoe Machinery Gorporation, fllemington, N. LL, acorparation of NewJm-sey Application July is. 1944, .lSerial No. M3533 smaims. (c1. ti-rim Thisinventionrelatestoamechanicalmoyements I Fig. 2 1s a section on the linen-ell o'fjFig. 1.;

and more particularly to for trans- Fig. i3 is an elevation of almodified term of the mitting rectilinear movement iromone mechanismof Fig. .1, and

along one pathto another member along :apat'h Fig. 41s a section .on thelineIV-IV of 3. disposed at an angle to'thezpath of'movementoi v5 Referring to Fig. 1 a driven member .in the thefirstmember. .form of "a bar in is mounted for movement in a One commonly employed of mechanism euideway iormed in the upper portion of a block for transmitting :motion in thisimanner involves .or support 12 and held in position therein by a the use of nearing between the drive and driven zooversplate 44. illie'barln:is'arrangedtobe moved members. This typ or mechanism is generally 1110 rectilinearly along the -g- 1iideway.in the block vl2 satisfactory, but in application where extreme by movement of an actuating member l6 movable accuracy and absence or lost motion between the at right "am s t0 the P b movement 0f the drive and driven menibersdsesseritial, igre'at ew bar Ill. The actuating member 16 is guided .i-or i r ui in cutting the gears fused -1m 1 movement with respect to the block 4-2. by pins :sembling the mechanism. Another objection to is 8. -0. car ed by arms o the member 15 the u e of gearing in certain application 1 171 .slidable in nlined abores for-med at the-ends of a la k "of m m; space 1 house h gearing curved bore '23 in the block 12.. For transmitting quired. motion from the member 16 to the member Ill, a

In order m a i t above objections a fluid series of antifriction members 24 which maybe in transmission system may be provided between an er f reeuidediormoveme s thedrive and driven members. With such a syscurl/ed P in the vbflre I213 n black 3, the term .11; i possible t t great .d m mt to outer portions of the path being parallel to the eliminate lost motion between the drive and-driv- P f v men f the member I 6 and the inen members. Such .a. system, however, requires e'rmediate P rt n f the P h being of U-shap the use of suitable pistons and packin'gs and =oc- 125 ess v f the m p l l he Path OI casional replenishment of the flu i'd in the system. movement of the 13911 One of T911514 7 An object of the present invention is to provide Shawn in 2 is carried by and d fi mechanical movement embodying improved the bar 1:0 and the outermost rolisare engaged means for transmitting rectilinear motion of one by the inner s of thevpins a d"- member to another along pathsat angl'esto'each ET-Om the it "will be "seen that $118 th w h is simmer in construction than member 4-6 is moved it will cause movement of mechanisms heretofore employed and overcomes theaolls 24 along {the curved path and the motion th disadvantages of mechanisms the types of the rolls is transmittedfsby connection of one outlined above. To this end and in accordance 0f the to the lthfirreby: W: he with a feature of the invention, the motion-trans "3o at right angles to the path of movement of mining mechanism comprises a series f the member 16; Inorder to avoid any lost motion friction elements movable positively in either of faci'litaite'assembly of the mechanism the two directions by one 01 the members, the elepm is illustrated as beingimmed at the inner ments being confined for movement in a curved screw "threaded thmugh one f path, the outer portions of which are parallel to arm's 23 @theactmfing member A 51001! nut the path of movement of said one of the members isliprmded Securing m8 P in vl mpet and another portion of which is parallel to the positmnlafladjustmempath of movement of the other member, the other Merely by way example, 11 member being provided with an "element intertratedas mnnectedtflia sfifiem-canying br nk posed b t a pair of anflf i ti elements in '5 pin 32 for ndjustmentradi-al'lyiof :a crank disk :34

said other portion 01 the path so that movement l ytovary the-throw O 43118 -P i of the elements by one of the members along one 'wrdance the posfimnnf theshd? bum path causes movement of the other member along end 0f the bar is P i with a P 35 t other path; ceived in a. slot 38 in a block 40 on the outer Th above a d th feature of th invention 0 end oi the slide 30, the slot being curved to permit will now be described by reference to the accommovement of the block t Of en ment with panyin drawing and pointed out i th claim the pin upon rotation of the crank disk. Thus it In the drawing, will be seen that as the member I6 is moved its Fig. 1 is a. plan view of one form of mechanism motion will be transmitted through the rolls 24 in which the invention may be embodied; to the bar l0 whereby the slide 30 may be adjusted radially of the crank 34 tovary the position of the crank pin. The use of the rolls between the actuating member I 6 and the bar l forms an eflicient power transmitting mechanism in which little energy is lost through friction and in which there is no lost motion between the members. It

will be evident that the rolls 24 may be substituted by balls if desired. Such use of balls in place of the rolls is shown in the modification 2,894,676 1 ,iTi

is movable not only at an angle to the path ofv in a different plane.

the tube being inclined in the block as indicated inFig. 3. The motion of the balls is effected by an actuating member 55 carrying pins 58 engage- .able with the outermost balls of the series, the pins being adjustably secured to the member 56 by set screws 60. e

A bar' or driven member 62 is carried for movement along the upper surface of the block 54 at right angles to the path of movement of the actu- 7 ating member 56. For thus guiding the bar 62 a guide 64 is secured by screws 66 to the top of the block 54'. The bar 62 carries a depending pin 68 which passes downwardly through a slot formed in the block and communicating with a slot 10 (Fig. 4) in'the tube 52. The lower end of the pin 68 is received between a pair of the balls 50 so that uponmovement of the balls by the ac- ;tuatingmember 56 motion is transmitted through the pin 68 to the bar '62 which is thus moved in a direction at right angles to the direction of the actuating member 56 and in a different plane.

1 I From the above it will be seen that a very simple, easily assembled antifriction mechanical movement is provided in which motion is transmitted from one member to another member for movement along a path at an angle to the path of movement of the first member.

" Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: I

1. In combination, a member arranged to be moved along one path, a member movable alon a path at'an angle to the path of movement of the first named member, and means for transmitting movements of one member to the other member comprising a series of antiiriction elements, means for confining said element for movement along a path an intermediate portion of which is in the direction of movement of one of said members and the outer portions of which extend in the direction of movement of. the other member, means carried by said one of said members projecting between a pair of said elements in the intermediate portion of the path, and means carried by the other of saidmembers engageable with the outermost elements of the series.

2. In combination, a member arranged to be moved along one path, a member movable alon a path at an angle to the path of movement of the first named member, and means for transmitting movement of one member to the other member comprising a support having a bore therethrough, a series of antifriction elements confined for movement along said bore in a path, an intermediate portion of which is parallel to the direction of movement of one of said members and the outer portions ofwhich are parallel to the direction of movement of the other of said members, means connecting one of the elements 7 in the intermediate portion of the path to one of said members, and means carried by the other of said members engageable with the outermost elements of the series.

7 3. In combination, a support, a member slidably carried by the support for movement along one path, 'asecond member slidably carried by the support for movement along a path at an angle to the path of movement of the first named member, "said support having a bore there'through the outer ends of which are paralleltoithei path of movement of 'one of said members, antintermediate, portion of said bore beingiparallel to'the pathv of movement 'of 'the other .of said, members, a series of antifriction elements in saidbore, means carried by one of said membersengageable with theoutermo'st' elements in said bore, and means'carried by the other member extending into an intermediate portion of the .bore betweenapair'of said'elements. p l I 4. In combination, a support, a member carried by the support for-movement alongi'one path, a second member slidably carried by the'support for movement along a path. at an angle to the path of movement of the first named member, said support having a bore therethrough-the ends of which are parallel to the path of movement of the first named member and an intermediate portion of which is parallel to the path of movement of the second member, a'series-of rolls in said bore in side-by-side relation, means carried by said one of said members engageable with the outermost rolls in said bore, and means connecting the other member; toone of the rolls in the lntermediateportion of the bore.- 7 7 5. In combination, a support, a member slidably carried by the support for movementalon one path, a second member slidably carried by the support for movement along a pathat il -angle to the-path of movement of the firstnamed member, saidsupport having a. bore therethrough the outer ends of which arerin alinement and are'parallel to the path of moyement of the-first member, the ends of the bore being connected by a U-shaped loop, a leg of which is parallel to the path of movement of the second member, aseries of antifriction elements in said bore, pins slidable in the outermost portions of the bore engagin at their inner ends the outermost, antifriction elements, the outermost portions 'of said pins being carried by said oneof saidmembers, and

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